“I want to report a very old tree,” said Kevin Keough, announcing an unusual sighting among all the expected bird and mammal observations reported by members at the Club’s January meeting. Kevin and his wife Agnieszka had been exploring the frozen reaches of Goodwin Marsh by the Macnamara Trail. Continue reading →

You can’t see it, but work continues on the Macnamara Trail Extension!

Vice-president Janet Mason reports:

As presented to the club earlier this year, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry did not approve our preferred solution for crossing the West Link. Their decision has significantly delayed the project. Continue reading →

We journeyed back in time with geophysicist Dave Forsyth by viewing six sites along a transect (cross-section) of the Carp Ridge, from 1 billion year old Pre-Cambrian Grenville Basement granitic gneiss and syenite to 480 million year old early Ordovician bio-sediments.

Visit the Mississippi Madawaska Land Trust’s 358 acre Rose Hill Nature Reserve near Denbigh to explore new trails and learn about the rich biodiversity found there. Following a guided hike to a scenic picnic spot, Cathy Keddy, Chair of MMLT’s Ecological Stewardship Committee, will share the Continue reading →